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The Idaho Board of Pharmacy says it has no basis to start proceedings against Walgreens in a complaint that alleged one of the drug store's pharmacists in Nampa improperly refused to fill a prescription. A Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest nurse practitioner contended the pharmacist in November abused the state's 2010 conscience law to balk at filling a prescription for a drug that helps control bleeding after childbirth or abortions.
Last November, a nurse at Planned Parenthood called a Walgreen's pharmacy to fill a methergine prescription for her patient. Methergine is used to prevent or treat bleeding from the uterus. It is prescribed following procedures involving the uterus, including childbirth and abortion. Rather than do her job and fill the prescription so the patient would not risk bleeding to death, the pharmacist demanded to know whether the patient had undergone an abortion. This information is, of course, irrelevant to counting pills and putting them in a bottle, as is a pharmacist's job, and an invasion of the patient's right of privacy.
"The pharmacist invoked the state's new so-called conscience clause that allows pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for emergency contraceptives and abortifacient drugs, among other things, if they have a personal problem with it."
This information is, of course, irrelevant to counting pills and putting them in a bottle, as is a pharmacist's job, and an invasion of the patient's right of privacy.
Originally posted by BenIndaSun
Curious what you all think about this story and should providers be forced to partake in medical care they morally oppose?
Whether or not you favor abortion, it is considered 'freedom of choice'. I think choices should extend to health care providers as well, they should not be forced to do things they do not agree with.
A pharmacist should not be permitted to override the recommendations of medical doctors and nurses on moral grounds.
Have you ever been bleeding to death? Driving all over town is certainly the smartest thing to do in that situation...
Originally posted by AmericanDaughter
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
Oh come On
this pharmacy was not the only one in town
and if the woman was bleeding to death pp shouldn't have released her
and she should have gone to a Real doctor .
Medication interaction and contraindications are a big problem in the health care industry. It is the PHARMACISTS main job to know about these interactons and contraindications. The medical doctors main job is to diagnosis and treat...they are usually not very good at recognizing potential contraindications with medications (either with other medications or other conditions).
Originally posted by MindSpin
You clearly don't know the role of a pharmacist and seem to have too much confidence in a medical doctors knowledge of medications.
Medication interaction and contraindications are a big problem in the health care industry. It is the PHARMACISTS main job to know about these interactons and contraindications.
Bottom line: they withheld medicine which may have prevented a person's death. This is not an issue of moral rights. It's negligent homicide.
Originally posted by NWOnoworldorder
reply to post by BenIndaSun
i disagree, im a nurse, and i dont think the pharmacist has any right to know the details of the patient,
Originally posted by AmericanDaughter
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
Oh come On
this pharmacy was not the only one in town
and if the woman was bleeding to death pp shouldn't have released her
and she should have gone to a Real doctor .
Originally posted by BenIndaSun
I think choices should extend to health care providers as well, they should not be forced to do things they do not agree with.
Originally posted by MindSpin
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
Bottom line: they withheld medicine which may have prevented a person's death. This is not an issue of moral rights. It's negligent homicide.
Nobody died...read the article.
The patient got the medication at another pharmacy...and didn't die.
Idaho law allows for what the pharmacist did. If you don't like the law...then petition that law...don't take it out on the pharmacist that exercised their right to make a decision that is allowed to them by law.